Cancer: decline in deaths in the USA

Cancer: decline in deaths in the USA

Good news about the fight against cancer in the USA: the deaths caused by this disease, since 1991 have fallen by 26% according to the American Cancer Society (ACS). This excellent result is determined by some factors like the reduction of the smoking habit (with...
Lab Safety: Focus on accidents

Lab Safety: Focus on accidents

Work in the laboratory, although protected by a series of guidelines, presents a series of risks. Incidents can occur, sometimes without serious consequences, but sometimes with extremely negative results. Speaking of extreme consequences, Everyone knows how dramatic...
Conflict in workplaces: The Win/Win approach

Conflict in workplaces: The Win/Win approach

Conflict in workplaces is an important issue, to which many people often try to escape, as it is considered inconvenient, but risking that the issue will turn into something without solution. A certain level of conflict, when people works together is inevitable, the...
Burnout: how to recover energy

Burnout: how to recover energy

Burnout is one of the worst problems that can afflict a worker. It is a syndrome that comes from a strong and long stress process. As we had already written in a previous post, This pathology is a result of several emotional responses and is a risk that must be...
MS: monitoring with blood test

MS: monitoring with blood test

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is sadly known a chronic autoimmune disease affecting the central nervous system. Unfortunately, the symptoms can vary from person to person because they are dependent on which part of the central nervous system is attacked by the disease...
The importance of professional networking

The importance of professional networking

“Taking on a project that was a little outside of Dr.Woodruff’s expertise […] required that I collaborate and network from the very beginning,” McKinnon says. And she isn’t alone in her need to work, and interact with, others. For many lab professionals,...